PM Blog

Is it Time to Update Your Scrap Processing Equipment?

Metalworking companies that are thinking about updating their metal scrap processing equipment have a lot to consider especially with how frequently production takes priority over waste management.

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PMPA

Onshoring Weather Report: Strong Tailwinds!

Onshoring, reshoring, nearshoring: these terms are showing up with increasing frequency in the news and online. But is there evidence that these are real?

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Production Machining's March 2024 News Highlights

Production Machining’s March 2024 news highlights include manufacturing education programs, new partnerships and more.

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Is a ‘Side Hustle’ on Your Horizon?

I’ve written about machine shops that have created a separate business for fun, as a complement to their existing operation or as a means to leverage their manufacturing prowess. Here’s a bit about a few of them.

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Medical

The Value of Mass Finishing, Shot Blasting for Aerospace and Medical Applications

The choice between mass finishing and shot blasting for CNC-machined parts depends on the specific requirements of the application.

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Measurement

The Value of CMM Controller Retrofits

In this case, new controllers for two coordinate measuring machines — one 26 years old — with new programming software offers the possibility to enable multisensor inspection of critical, turned aerospace components.

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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining February 2024

Precision Machining activity contracted a little slower in February, resuming its path inching toward flat.

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Workholding

Job Shop Discovers and Fills a Fishing Need

The promise of a product line for improved mounting of electronic fish finders led this Missouri job shop to an automated turning process.

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Cutting Tools

Broaching Tool Technology For Lathes Used to Slot Inconel Parts

This shop finds value in using an indexable-insert-style broaching tool to create blind-hole slots in heat-treated Inconel aerospace parts on a CNC lathe.

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Measurement

How Well do You Know Granite Surface Plates?

Here are some tips for choosing, maintaining and customizing a granite solution that will best meet your shop’s particular inspection needs.

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AI and Your QMS Procedures

Will artificial intelligence soon impact your quality system operating procedures? It could.

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Production Machining's Most-Viewed February Articles

February presented a wide range of captivating topics for the Production Machining audience. Take a look at our top 10 most-viewed articles from February based on Google Analytics.

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SolidCAM
World Machine Tool Survey
SPC Innovations, In-machine gaging and attachments
Kyocera
manufacturer of machine tools
Techspex
Marubeni Citizen CNC
Star swiss-type automatic lathes
Efficient, Durability, Advanced CBN Abrasives